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Long live the HBC, Steve Spurrier! Not to be confused with OBC Steve Spurrier. He might go Attila The Hun on you if you call him the Ol' Ball Coach instead of the Head Ball Coach. Spurrier gave us another legendary media moment this week when he called an impromptu press conference to rip columnist Mark Bradley from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, who dared to suggest that Spurrier is getting a bit up there in age to keep the competitive fires burning. So Spurrier, bless his competitive 70-year-old soul, tore into Bradley, quoting Attila, a dude from the fifth century. Oh, sweet irony, HBC. "We've got some enemies out there," the HBC said, quoting himself. ...

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